TeenMusic: Are you driving yet? And if you are what are you driving?

Hayley: No I am not driving. I really desperately want to get my driver’s license, but I haven’t had the chance to have some lessons. It has been hard enough fitting in school lessons.

TeenMusic: Do you have a tutor now?

Hayley: Yeah. I do.

I was going to regular school but now I am only home for a few days at a time. It is really hard. Now I’ve got a tutor that is based in London and I am actually kind of studying by e-mail, I guess, for my exams in October. That is why they scheduled about three weeks of just complete studying.

TeenMusic: You have two native Maori songs on your CD “Pure”. That culture is a big part of New Zealand. Were you familiar with the language and culture?

Hayley: Oh yeah. I was basically back in New Zealand surrounded by Maori culture. When we go school we learn Maori songs, we learn the myths and legends of the Maori culture. So we are kind of surrounded by it, also my great, great grandfather was Maori. I do have it in my blood. I think just growing up in New Zealand did make me feel like part of that culture, even if you are not Maori. So it does seem right to include a couple of Maori songs and they are gorgeous songs anyway.

TeenMusic: So did you see the movie Whale Rider?

Hayley: Yeah I have. I was supposed to meet Keisha (Castle-Hughes, the movie’s star). We were going to be on the same t.v. show but it didn’t happen. She did so well in the film. It was the first things I wanted to do when I got home. Apart from seeing my friends, this was the movie I want to watch.

TeenMusic: So what is your favorite film in the world so far?

Hayley: I love Notting Hill. It is such a sweet clichéd movie.

TeenMusic: What celebrities have impressed you the most so far? And why?

Hayley: Celine Dion. She has impressed me not only because she has an amazing voice but because she is so driven and dedicated to her art. I think that sort of inspires me and impresses me. She is someone I look up to. Jose Carreras, one of the three tenors, he impressed me. He gets so many accolades and yet he is so down to earth and so nice.

TeenMusic: Of course you have been compared to singer Charlotte Church. You guys even look a bit alike. Her personal life has been all over the tabloids and I think her career has suffered for it. So are you being really careful to keep your private life private?

Hayley: Yeah. I guess not because of that.

But it does make you more aware of just how easy it is to get caught up in all that. I am aware that I do want to keep my private life private; at the same time I’ve really got nothing to hide. I am not like ‘I can’t say this, I can’t talk about that’. I am pretty open about things really.