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Kōrero: Midlife adults

Empty nest

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Empty nest

If and when children leave home, midlife adults are left with an 'empty nest'. When well-known singers Neil and Sharon Finn's youngest child, Elroy, left home Sharon wrote a song about it called 'Little by little', which explores the bittersweetness of children growing up.

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Alison Gray, Midlife adults – Lifestyle, leisure and health, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/26828/empty-nest (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Alison Gray, i tāngia i te 22 March 2011.