Links clicked in emails not finding their proper template and controller with ngRoute

Question

If I set a link in an email to link back to say an /password/edit route, it resolves to the '/' route.

http://localhost:1337/#/password/edit?token=ZL6VusxDU

resolves to

http://localhost:1337/#/?token=ZL6VusxDU

and if I click back in the browser then it resolves properly to this route:

$routeProvider.when('/password/edit', {
  templateUrl: 'templates/password-edit',
  controller: 'PasswordEditCtrl'
});

I'm using ngRoute and have tried with and without base(href='/') and $locationProvider.html5Mode(true);. Any help much appreciated.