E whakamahia ana ngā Kawe Poutū Tonu (CVC) i roto i ngā raina uta me te kawe aunoa, me ngā whirihoranga noa tae atu ki ngā momo "Z," "C," me te "E". He iti te tapuwae o ēnei, he tere te kawe, ā, he tino pai te whakahaere, e āhei ai te kawe poutū pai o ngā taonga pēnei i ngā kātene, ngā papa, ngā mōkihi, ngā putea whatu, ngā putea pepa, ngā tueke, ngā oko rakau, me ngā pahu whakarewa i waenga i ngā papa rerekē.
He whānuitia te whakamahinga o ngā Kawe Poutū Tonu i roto i ngā wāhi whakarōpū mēra mō ngā papa me ngā peke, ngā taunga rererangi me ngā tauranga moana mō te whakahaere tueke, ngā whare putunga tohatoha hua ahumahi, me ētahi atu wāhi e hiahia ana ki te kawe rauemi poutū. Ko te nuinga o te wā ka whakamahia mō te kawe ki runga, ki raro hoki, tae atu ki te 30 mita te teitei. Ki te whakatauritea ki ngā kawe piko, ki ngā kawe porowhita rānei, he iti ake te tapuwae e nohoia ana e rātou, e penapena ana ki te 90% o te wāhi papa utu nui.