Haylee is Kaiārahi for Kai Māori Kai Ora at Toi Tangata. In recent years her mahi around kai has deepened and expanded and now includes research on local food systems alongside marae, co-led kaupapa kai alongside knowledge holders and grassroots collectives, and celebrating the kai stories of whānau. She is a gardener of many years, following after her aunties, nan, and great-grandmother and is enjoying building her new māra in Whangārei alongside a community of artists, community organisers, growers and land stewards. She loves kai (and especially kina), and is always looking to forge trade networks with nearby divers. Poetry is a passion and a way of processing big things that she is trying to make more time for. Having grown up in a big extended family where kids are always around, she loves hanging out with her little cuzzies who make her feel like a kid again and alongside whom she can be her goofiest and most adventurous self.