 In Rapa Nui mythology, Hina takes the form of Hina-Oio, a goddess of sea animals who was married to Atua-Metua.Richard Adams wrote a poem retelling the Tahitian story of Hina and Māui, published as a book, "The Legend of Te Tuna".Also, in his popular book "The Seven Daughters of Eve", Bryan Sykes used Hina's name, (spelled therein "Ina") to denote the clan matriarch of mtDNA haplogroup B.

David Lee Roth recorded a song called "Hina", contained on the 1988 hard rock album "Skyscraper".