 For her work with the "New Zealand Listener" Macfie won the Magazine Feature Writer Business and Politics Award at the 2014 Canon Media Awards and the Magazine Feature Writer Business & Science Award at the 2013 Canon Media Awards.At the 2016 Canon Media Awards, Macfie won the 'Feature writing – politics' and 'Feature writing – health' categories, as well as the Wolfson Fellowship.In 2018, Macfie won the Voyager Media Award for 'Feature writing – business or personal finance' for two articles, on the environmental and economic risks of climate change, and the development of animal free protein.