"There is a need. It's set up for working families who have difficulty getting a mortgage. It's a simple Kiwi house - safe, dry and warm."
Working on the Parkvale house was Canadian team leader Tammy Carter.
"Every place is different," she said.
"I love New Zealand, it's so pretty. We have seven working days here to do as much as we can."
Ms Carter had built houses around the world while on holiday from her job as a respiratory therapist in Canada.
"Home ownership is huge for health and families benefit from home ownership for generations."
Kiwi volunteers
A number of Tauranga volunteers have returned after taking part in a Habitat for Humanity Big Build at Viet Tri near Hanoi, Vietnam last month.
Twenty homes were built in a week by over 200 volunteers from around the Asia/Pacific region.