UPDATED 12.34pm: The public is going to have to wait to see the detail of how Labour will provide for some of the promises made at its party conference over the weekend.

More funding for health, ending child poverty, creating jobs, and tackling wealth inequality have all been among measures mentioned by Leader Andrew Little, but he won't say yet how they will be catered for, or if it means an increase in the top tax rate.

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He said funding issues will be dealt with in good time, with details on policies set to be announced after they've been further developed next year.

Little has also said he's confident his party's new jobs policy doesn't breach the TPP, but wouldn't care if it did.

He's unveiled a new policy this weekend that would make it easier for Kiwi companies to secure contracts for Government work.

The party plans to use the Government's $40 billion in purchasing power, to create jobs and back local businesses.

It would require government organisations to design contracts so companies focused on job creation, have a fair chance of winning them.

The TPP technically prohibits measures that make it harder for foreign firms to secure such deals.

Little said he's been advised it doesn't breach the TPP as there are other countries, including those in the TPP, that have such policies.

Pagani is critical of Little's stance on the TPP. She said that makes his rhetoric and policy inconsistent.

"There's a disconnect between saying my top priority's the jobs and then you don't say you're in support of the biggest trade deal in my lifetime."

The steel industry thinks Labour is on the right track with its procurement policy.

Steel Construction New Zealand boss Alistair Fussell said there's no clarity around procurement rules right now.

"Because these Government principles don't have much substance to them, they're not being implemented and the New Zealand taxpayer is missing out so we really think they've added something here."