I recently bought a fin nor OFC20L for the same type of fishing you are looking at.

Hi Krow if he looking at Shimano gear he could use the new Talica, this would be suitable for Puka, snapper and Kings. But this will come down to $$$. I jigged with  Trynos 16 for a while but even this is too big to jig, but does tick other boxes nicely.  Tyrnos 30 is a very big real and this is not suited to jigging unless he is a giant.  Merry Christmas.

All good info so far Thanks. He wont settle for anything but a lever drag.
I don't think a little weight is going to be a major issue as we don't go out intending to jig all day.
Haven't looked at the Talica. Might have a look. Also remember want it for Puka so need a fair capacity. Don't want to have one bust-off then find not enough line to get to the bottom so I expect a more weighty reel will be required.
Looked also at the 20 but price and weight diff is negligible. 

i use the 30 single speed for groper fishing and thats really it although a live bait out the back would be ok on it ,,its far too big to jig with complete waste of time but for deep bottom fishing found it to be great excellent reel 

I use a tynos 20 two speed (loaded with 600 yrds of 80 lb Fins IGFA braid) for puka/bluenose, live baiting for kingis and tried some jigging (too heavy and awkward for jigging for any length of time). If you are just doing kingi and puka fishing i.e. less than 200m depth then a single speed is probably OK, although in saying that I find short stroking a kingi or puka in low gear keeps their heads pointed towards the surface much easier than in the high gear. But if you are fishing deep, we fish right out to 400m and having the "granny" gear is great for cranking it up from that depth, takes longer ut much easier on the body.

Thanks heaps.

I've got a Tyrnos 30II, I use it as my livebaiting and light trolling reel, I tried using it for jigging once, after two drops I was shot and I'm quite fit.  I've also got a Talica 16II and it's a much more versatile reel, ok for jigging in short bursts plus plenty of grunt and line capacity for bottom bouncing for puka, total bloody skull dragging overkill for snapper tho.