article_snippet.sent: Key publicly apologized to Bailey, a waitress at an Auckland cafe, for repeatedly tugging on McCready ponytail, after McCready complained about his behavior in a blog post.
article_snippet.sent: Eventually the cafe's manager made it clear to Key that the cafe's manager actions were unwelcome.
article_snippet.sent: Key, who regularly visits the cafe with the cafe's manager wife, told reporters that the cafe's manager behavior was in the context of "a bit of banter," but said that the cafe's manager had apologized when it was clear his wife had taken offense.
article_snippet.sent: a blog post says that the prime minister offered the offended waitress two bottles of the prime minister own JK 2012
article_snippet.sent: Politicians and public figures also rounded on Key, with Green MP Metiria Turei saying that the prime minister should be held to the same standards of behavior as the rest of the electorate.
article_snippet.sent: The National Council of Women of New Zealand, while accepting that Key was joking and did not mean to offend, criticized the premier.
highlights_snippet.sent: Kiwi Prime Minister accused of pulling a waitress' hair on several occasions despite Kiwi Prime Minister obvious discomfort .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: PM Key later apologized, but said that Kiwi Prime Minister was merely engaging in "banter"
  Politicians and public figures have condemned Kiwi Prime Minister behavior .