Best of First Up for Monday 31 May

In today's pod: there are states of emergency in Ashburton and Timaru due to Sunday's deluge and more rain is expected today Monday; two New Zealand Scotts are competing in the Indy 500; we hear about the Trans Tasman summit in Queenstown and Sonny Bill Williams is taking the opportunity to urge Scott Morrison to accept New Zealand's offer to take in refugees imprisoned on Nauru and Manus Island.