When asked if he had been approached by New Zealand Cricket as a potential replacement, Hesson responded: "It is not really appropriate for me to comment on anything at the moment."
"It is something that I would be interested in," he added.
"If it did come up it would just be a matter of timing, really. At the moment I'm looking to do the Otago job and do that as well as I can."
Moles' grip on the national job started to slip when a Sri Lanka and South Africa post-tour review apparently cast the 48-year-old former Warwickshire opener in an unfavourable light.
The report was leaked to the media which speculated the coach was on his way out.
New Zealand Cricket responded, issuing a press release confirming Moles would lead the Black Caps on the tour to the United Arab Emirates, but also acknowledging it was conducting a performance review.
New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori hardly gave Moles a glowing endorsement when asked by NZPA if he would be happy for Moles to continue.
"I think we have to be," he said.
"There's no point me making statements to the contrary.
"I think we have to prepare to take a team away and get the best out of them."
"Andy and I have a good working relationship but whether that's enough to make the team better is the question that's been asked."
"We're not sitting around trying to plot Andy's demise," he added.
"Whenever players are asked honest questions about anything they give their answers. I think guys have voiced ways of making the team better.
"Part of that is my captaincy, part of it is players fronting up and a part of it is Andy improving as well. We just want the best for the team."
However, if Moles does not have the confidence of the players it seems a matter of when rather than if his contract, which runs through to the 2011 World Cup, will be terminated.
Whether he gets on the plane to Abu Dhabi is likely to rest on an amicable resolution being reached and a replacement being found.
Former Indian coach John Wright is already on the payroll in his capacity as the New Zealand elite coaching manager and would be the logical starting point as a stand-in coach.
It is unclear whether Wright is interested in the job long-term but New Zealand specialist spin coach Dipak Patel, who was shortlisted but eventually overlooked for Moles, is still interested in the job although understandably cautious.
"With the latest developments I'm not sure that I'd want the job," Patel said.
New Zealand bowling coach and former Otago and Wellington coach Vaughn Johnson is another who may throw his hat in the ring.
However, Vettori said there was no contingency plan if Moles was cut loose.
"It would be incredibly difficult for someone to step in at short notice."
Moles was appointed as John Bracewell's successor in November last year after a string of higher profile candidates declined the appointment.
He is contracted through to the 2011 World Cup.
Meanwhile, a NZC spokesman said no full team training sessions were planned before the team flew out - an unusual scenario.
