Serious question, do any Hawaiians/Polynesians call Maui "mother maui"?

I do live here, but I was not raised here.

I constantly see people, primarily white hippie/Bohemia types calling maui "mother maui" they're always going on about the islands feminine energy and all of these things. I see it pretty often. They also refer to the island as "she or her"

I personally have never heard a single Hawaiian or Polynesian friend talk about this.

Is there anything behind this deep feminine energy mother maui? Or is it something people are just making up?

I'd like to be more educated on spiritual cultural beliefs surrounding the aina.