A Kiwi has been pulled off a NZ-bound plane at the airport and charged with rape on the Gold Coast.

A 47-year-old man has been dragged off a plane headed for New Zealand from the Gold Coast and been charged with rape.

Australian media were reporting he was a former New Zealand sportsman, who now worked as a personal trainer.

A 37-year-old woman reported to police she had been raped at a home in the Gold Coast suburb of Mudgeeraba on Sunday.

The police then received information that a man had boarded a plane bound for New Zealand. He was removed from the plane and subsequently arrested by Queensland detectives, charged with rape.

Facing a judge on Tuesday, he was granted bail after duty lawyer Dave Garratt told the court the man posed no flight risk as he had just signed a 12-month lease on his home.

The 47-year-old man, who moved from New Zealand more than 10 years ago, has been ordered to surrender his passport.

The man will return to court on March 1.