Why New Zealand has Earthquakes

I have noticed something rather curious and unique as we have traveled around New Zealand. In many small towns with old curches, the buildings are no longer utilized for religous services, but instead have been re-appropriated into galleries and boutiques. At first I thought this was a curiosity, but then I noticed that a second church in the same town had done the same thing. This led me to think this was a local quirk. But subsequently, we have seen several retail religious shrines. And now I have an explanation for why Queenstown almost fell into the ocean. God is punishing New Zealand for turning his houses into shops.