Last week National MPs appeared to be fully supportive of the ban on using footage from parliament's debating chamber for satire.
But this week, after the rare coming together of TVNZ, TV3, Sky TV and Maori television to defy the new rules, the party has done an about turn.
Now, National says the filming rules should be revisited.
Leader John Key says National has noted the obviously genuine concerns held by the public and the media about the ban.
He says his MPs are not so precious that they can't accept that from time-to-time they will be subject to some form of satire.
"If you sign up for this job, you probably better get used to from time to time - being made a bit of a joke of," says Key.
The news organisations say they will continue to provide television coverage of MPs in the chamber and ignore the anti-democratic parts of the rules.
"The banning of the use of images from the debating chamber for satire is a precious over-reaction by MPs and unnecessarily puts limits on New Zealanders' understanding of politics," says Anthony Flannery, head of news at TVNZ.
"The public has a right to see how their elected representatives behave and perform in parliament, warts and all," he adds.
All of the news organisations say they will fight against parts of the new rules and, when warranted, continue to use images from the debating chamber in a satirical manner.
They say they understand that ignoring the rules could bring a contempt of parliament charge.
"This is not an issue of MPs versus the television media, it's about New Zealanders being denied a particular viewpoint on New Zealand politics," Flannery says.
