text: A waitress has revealed how the New Zealand Prime Minister had repeatedly given her unwanted attention while she was working at a cafe in Auckland frequented by him and his wife. Published on The Daily Blog on Wednesday, the anonymous woman has recounted how John Key kept playfully  pulling her hair despite being told to stop during election time last year. However Mr Key defended his pranks as 'a bit of banter' and said he had already apologised for his actions, Stuff.co.nz reports. A waitress has revealed how the New Zealand Prime Minister had repeatedly given her unwanted attention while she was working at a cafe in Auckland frequented by him and his wife Bronagh (pictured together) The waitress had reportedly been working at a cafe called Rosie (pictured) in Parnell, east of Auckland . The waitress - believed to be working at a cafe called Rosie in Parnell, east of Auckland - wrote about she how made it very clear that she was unimpressed by Mr Key's gestures. 'He was like the school yard bully tugging on the little girls' hair trying to get a reaction, experiencing that feeling of power over her,' she wrote on the blog. Mr Key kept being persistent with his hair-pulling antics, despite being told by his wife Bronagh to stop. After dealing with the practical jokes over the six months he had visited the cafe, the waitress finally lost her cool. 'As he made his way out the door I said after him "Please STOP or I will actually hit you soon!",' she wrote. 'Everybody knew that I didn't like it, I really didn't like it. I felt powerless and tormented and I stepped out the back and I cried frustrated tears.' The anonymous waitress wrote how Mr Key kept being persistent with his hair-pulling antics, despite being told by his wife Bronagh to stop . But Mr Key defended his pranks as 'a bit of banter' and said he had already apologised for his actions . Key, who is en route to the Anzac ceremony in Gallipoli, told reporters he has a very 'warm and friendly relationship' with staff at the cafe. 'When I realised she took offence by that I just sort of immediately went back, gave her some wine, apologised and said I was terribly sorry,' he said according to Stuff.co.nz. 'It was all in the context of a bit of banter that was going on, and so obviously I immediately apologised for that. 'She thanked me for that and said "that's all fine, no drama".'
target: An anonymous waitress revealed how John Key kept pulling her hair .
  She wrote in a blog that she gained unwanted attention from him last year .
  The woman had been working at a cafe frequented by Mr Key and his wife .
  She said Mr Key kept touching her hair despite being told to stop .
  The Prime Minister defended his actions, saying he had already apologised .
  He also said his pranks were 'all in the context of a bit of banter'
  The waitress was reportedly working at a cafe called Rosie in Parnell, east of Auckland .