Firebase how to verify an email address

Question

I am using Ionic 2 and Firebase to Authenticate my users.

I want to make use of Firebase to Verify a users Email. Much the same way as resetting a password works here:

resetPassword(email: string, fireAuth: firebase.auth.Auth): any {
    return fireAuth.sendPasswordResetEmail(email);
}

This emails a link to a user, which allows them to rest their password.

Once a user registers:

fireAuth.createUserWithEmailAndPassword(email, password).then((newUser) => {
    this.userProfile.child(newUser.uid).set({ email: email });
});

The new user has the following as expected:

emailVerified:false

I would like to call a Firebase function to email a verification link to the user, once they are verified, I can then allow them to login.

Any help appreciated.