Hiland Partners 10-Q 2006 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER OF GENERAL PARTNER OF HILAND PARTNERS, LP
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the accompanying quarterly report on Form 10-Q for three months ended June 30, 2006 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Randy Moeder, Chief Executive Officer and President of Hiland Partners GP, LLC, the general partner of Hiland Partners, LP (the “Company”), hereby certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.             The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13 (a) or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.             The information contained in the report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: August 11, 2006	/s/ Randy Moeder
	Randy Moeder
	Chief Executive Officer and President