text: Awkward photos of the New Zealand Prime Minister pulling multiple young girls' ponytails are being posted on social media just days after he was forced to apologise to a waitress for touching her hair while she was at work. Prime Minister John Key said sorry to waitress Amanda Bailey, 26, after she wrote a post on a blog site shaming him for his behaviour and saying it made her 'uncomfortable'. After the incident, Reddit users started tracking down old pictures and videos of Mr Key touching other young girls' hair and collecting them on a Tumblr page. Scroll down for video . Awkward photos of the New Zealand PM pulling \young girls' ponytails are being posted on social media . This comes after he was forced to apologise to am Auckland waitress for touching her hair at work . The waitress at the centre of the ponytail storm told the New Zealand Herald that she published the details of John Key's behaviour, which she experienced while she was working at a cafe in Auckland, as she 'expected more from him' and wanted 'the public to be aware'. The 26-year-old, an employee at Rosie cafe which is frequented by Mr Key and his wife, recounted on The Daily Blog how the Prime Minister kept playfully pulling her hair despite being told to stop during election time last year. Ms Bailey told the Herald that she felt Mr Key's behaviour was inappropriate. 'I didn't feel I should have to put up with that,' she said. 'I expected more from him and I want the public to be aware. 'John Key feels he is untouchable.' Mr Key said sorry to waitress Amanda Bailey (right), 26, after she wrote a post on a blog site shaming him for his behaviour and saying it made her 'uncomfortable' Mr Key defended his pranks as 'a bit of banter' and said he had already apologised for his actions . Eventually, she wrote, she told Key's security detail she didn't like it and later told Key 'No' repeatedly and wagged her finger at him. When he pulled her hair again on a subsequent visit, she said, she told him to stop 'or I will actually hit you soon.' 'I really didn't like it,' the worker wrote. 'I felt powerless and tormented and I stepped out the back and I cried frustrated tears.' The worker said Key came back soon after the last incident with two bottles of wine from his own vineyard and gave them to her, saying 'This is for you, sorry, I didn't realise.' Key's office issued a statement Wednesday saying he regularly visits the cafe near his home with his wife and has a good relationship with the staff there. 'His actions were intended to be light-hearted,' the statement said. 'It was never his intention to make her feel uncomfortable and he has apologised to her.' 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  (pictured together) But following the publication of the blog on Wednesday, Mr Key defended his pranks and said he visited the cafe close to his house often and he had a 'fun relationship' with the staff. 'There's always lots of horsing around and sort of practical jokes and that's all there really was to it,' he said. '...I realised she had actually taken offence because it was all in the context of a bit of banter that was going on and so I obviously immediately apologised for that. 'It was all in the context of a bit of banter that was going on, and so obviously I immediately apologised for that. The waitress had reportedly been working at a cafe called Rosie (pictured) in Parnell, east of Auckland . The waitress wrote how Mr Key kept being persistent with his hair-pulling antics, despite being told by his wife Bronagh to stop . 'She thanked me for that and said "that's all fine, no drama".' Key's office also issued a statement Wednesday saying he regularly visits the cafe near his home with his wife and has a good relationship with the staff there. 'His actions were intended to be light-hearted,' the statement said. 'It was never his intention to make her feel uncomfortable and he has apologised to her.' Jackie Grant and Scott Brown, whose company Hip Group owns Rosie cafe, told the Herald of their disappointment with Ms Bailey as she had never notified them of her concerns. They further stated that Mr Key is popular among the staff at the cafe in Parnell, east of Auckland.
target: Waitress Amanda Bailey, 26, said NZ PM John Key pulled her ponytail .
  She wrote that she gained unwanted attention from him last year at a cafe .
  Ms Bailey said Mr Key kept touching her hair despite being told to stop .
  The Prime Minister apologised and said his actions were 'all in the context of a bit of banter'
  Social media users have posted other photos of Mr Key touching girls' hair .