Wayne Love is fed up with leaves from trees on a public park blowing into his yard, while the Marlborough District Council says it is not its place to rake up leaves on private properties.
Mr Love lives on Houldsworth St, in Blenheim, where leaves from nearby Horton Park blow over the road into his and his neighbours' properties.
He has been on crutches waiting for a hip operation for about a year, so finds it difficult to pick up the leaves, which are a hazard to him and his elderly mother who lives with him, he says.
He had been told to rake them to the street where a contractor would collect them, but he reckons they would just blow back into his property.
The family has lived in the house for about 35 years, and his father used to complain about the leaves, too, but nothing was ever done, he said.
Council reserves and amenities officer Robert Hutchinson said he sympathised that Mr Love may not be able to rake the leaves up, but said he could not send contractors on to a private property.
He confirmed that a contractor could pick up the leaves if Mr Love raked them out to the kerb.
The council usually gets a two or three complaints about leaf litter each autumn, but Mr Hutchinson said he had received about seven this year.
The spate of bad weather two weeks ago had not helped.
- The Marlborough Express
No love for leaves: Blenhein resident Wayne Love sits among the many autumn leaves from Horton Park which litter parts of his Houldsworth St property.
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