Passing tabs NavParams to tab

Hi all, I'm starting out on creating my first app using Ionic 2 and through a lot of trial and error have got to a point where no number of Google searching can find anything to help.

I'm trying to pass some NavParams to a tab. The NavParams are available in the parent tabs page:

@Page({
    templateUrl: 'build/pages/tabs/tabs.html'
})
export class TabsPage {
  constructor(params: NavParams) {

      this.params = params;
      console.log(this.params); // returns NavParams {data: Object}

      // this tells the tabs component which Pages should be each tab's root Page
      this.tab1Root = Tab1;
      this.tab2Root = Tab2;
      this.tab3Root = Tab3;
    }
}

But I cannot seem to get the NavParams within a tab itself:

@Page({
    templateUrl: 'build/pages/tab1/tab1.html'
})
export class Tab1 {
    constructor(nav: NavController, params: NavParams, platform: Platform) {
        this.nav = nav;
        this.params = params;
        this.platform = platform;

        console.log(this.params); // returns NavParams {data: null}
    }
}

Any help would be greatly appreciated! I'm just not entirely sure how to pass the params from the tabs page to the tab itself or somehow request a param from the tab parent.

Thanks for any help!