Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Shekarar 2016 ba ta fara da nasara ba ga Edward da MacKenzie, kuma a duka gasar cin kofin duniya na Rowing da New Zealand ta halarta a wannan shekarar, sun zo na uku, sun doke kasashe daban-daban a waccan gasar. Lokacin da suka yi gasa a Wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2016 a Rio de Janeiro daga baya a waccan shekarar, sun kasance na huɗu a cikin nauyin nauyi biyu
, wanda ya zama abin takaici ga su. Wata mai zuwa, MacKenzie ta sanar da cewa tana "bukatar hutu" na watanni 12. Za ta ci gaba da dacewa, amma ta yi wasu ayyukan da ta kasance da sha'awar wani lokaci, ciki har da fara horar da malamin yoga tare da abokinta Megan Craig. Abokinta na kwale-kwale na 'yan shekarun nan, Edward, shi ma zai yi hutun shekara guda. Dukansu sun kuma ɗauki lokacin wasan motsa jiki na 2018, amma ba su sanar da yin ritaya ba.