They were among the original jazz babies.
Just as the music of Cole Porter and Louis Armstrong was finding its way into the hearts of music lovers around the world, Tom and Adah Cohen spotted each other.
"She was a good dancer. We did a tremendous amount of dancing ... We were just attracted to each other," said Mr Cohen, who celebrated his 100th birthday at the weekend, three months after his wife of 76 years reached her centenary.
The couple, who married on Christmas Day 1924, said the secret to their long lives and enduring marriage was keeping active and "sticking together."
For many years, they played golf and bowls and enjoyed fishing trips on the Kaipara Harbour.
Mr Cohen was born in Wolverhampton, England, and migrated to New Zealand with his parents in 1912. He later took over his father's Helensville clothing shop, running it for 60 years.
Mrs Cohen worked as a primary school teacher before getting married and "concentrating on her husband and children."
The couple, who have lived at Auckland's Roskill Masonic Village for the past four years, are not impressed with the pre-nuptial agreements being signed by couples today.
"We have shared everything, always," Mrs Cohen said.
Mr Cohen believed too many people rushed into marriage.
"We thought about it more. It was more serious."
But he said that newlyweds today had just as much chance of making their marriage succeed.
"If they want it to work it can. You have to work on it."
And his advice for those embarking on matrimony? "Treat them as human beings. Be tolerant and thoughtful."
The couple, who have three children, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, celebrated Mr Cohen's 100th birthday with a special morning tea at the weekend.
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