She said the next day she saw a friend and said, "Do you know what? I have just met the man I am going to marry".
Mrs Haigh was 19 when they got engaged, though first Mr Haigh had to go and be "interviewed" by her father.
They were married in St John's Presbyterian Church on Haupapa St.
Mrs Haigh said their wedding day was a cold and bleak day, with sleet - "it was awfully cold". The weather meant they couldn't have their photos taken in the Government Gardens as planned.
After the wedding they were booked into the Chateau Tongariro Hotel, but they arrived too late and the hotel was already full.
They were in a van, it was still terrible weather and they were directed to a "lovely camping area" to stay overnight, though when they woke up found out they were in the rubbish dump.
They travelled around the North Island for their honeymoon.
The couple have two sons and a daughter, along with five grandchildren, three step grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Mrs Haigh said another woman who had boarded with them had adopted them as parents, and she had a son too.
Mrs Haigh has been a teacher at different schools and Mr Haigh has had a range of jobs over the years.
These have included community council, Timber Workers Union secretary, driving logging trucks, security work, taxis and road service and plumbing.
He was also a member of the Ngongotaha Fire Brigade.
The couple have also been in the same Ngongotaha house for about 60 years, moving in on December 15, 1958.
Mrs Haigh said she vowed once she got a house built she would never shift. Her parents had shifted nearly every two years and she was "sick and tired of it".
The couple had always been accommodating to people who needed somewhere to board and had hosted people from all over the world, they said.
Their advice for a successful marriage was to not hold grudges and bring things back up, and not to go to bed at night not speaking.
Mrs Haigh said they also both had a sense of humour and could laugh at themselves.
