Hei whakaahua i te tangata e whiwhi mahi ā-ringa ana, pēnei i te mahi hangahanga, me te mahi wheketere, me te aha anō, kāore i te pērā rawa te nui o tana utu. I puta te kupu nei i tētahi āhuatanga o mua, he mau hāte kahurangi te kaimahi ā-ringa.
To describe a person employed in manual labour, such as construction and factory work, who is paid at the lower end of the scale. This word arose from an historical phenomenon where manual labourers used to wear blue shirts.
kara (kupu mino) - collar
ōrangi - blue
Ko tāna, he rangahau i te āputa utu i waenga i te kaimahi kara-ōrangi me te kaimahi kara-mā.
I Ūropi i mua, he nui te whakaparahako a te hunga pūwhero i te hunga kara-ōrangi.
Nā te aranga ake o ngā momo hangarau hou, kua riro mā te mīhini e whakakapi ētahi tūranga mahi kara-ōrangi.