hiwahiwa
1. (verb) to be watchful, alert, focus on.
I moe tonu ia i roto i te rūma o tōna ahorangi, whakaraupapatia ana te ako i a ia kia hiwahiwa tonu te tangata, kia tere tonu ngā nekeneke (TTR 1996:255). / He slept in the same room as his mentor, who taught him through discipline to be alert, and to move fast.