I see from the official stats that 195 Kiwis got a Compostela in 1997, so that is less than one a day. I met a handful of Kiwis in my first ten days out of Le Puy, then no more after Conques until I reached Spain. The people who ran the gites in France often got very excited to have a Kiwi as we were a rare breed for them. The bishop in Le Puy, when he gave his morning pilgrim blessing, spoke to each pilgrim asking where they were from. He switched to English for me, and told me he had noticed increasing numbers of NZers starting from Le Puy....
Along the Camino Frances I met up, at different times, with about eight Kiwis. Most had walked all the way from near Roncesvalles or SJPP. Right near the end of the Camino I heard there was a group of 'ten' Kiwis staying in a casa rural not far from our albergue. I met one of them walking the next day near Arzua: they were on a commercial walking tour using more upmarket accommodation, and had walked a few days on the Camino Norte before coming south to do the end of the Camino Frances.
Funnily enough, as often happens with Kiwis, I found that I had 'connections' with one young man I met: I had been to school with his aunty, and it turned out my sister was friends with his parents!
Margaret