Stephen Baggs
Stephen Baggs, of Kelston, received the Queen's Service Medal at an investiture ceremony on 1 April 2009 for services to the New Zealand Customs Service. Mr Baggs, who is pictured with John Secker, Deputy Comptroller of Customs, has served with the Customs Service for at least 40 years. He is a specialist tariff officer. He is recognised as an expert authority in the area of customs tariff and tariff classification matters and has made a contribution to the facilitation of international trade. Mr Baggs also plays a key role in educating importers, exporters, and freight forwarding companies through training courses run by the Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarded Federation.