RAM was formed in 2003 out of dissatisfaction by Auckland community activists with the control of local body politics by centre-left Labour-supported City Vision and centre-right National-supported Citizens and Ratepayers.

RAM ran eight candidates for Auckland Regional Council in the 2004 local body elections and polled over 87,000 votes.

[2] Across the board, the right made gains in Greater Auckland's 2007 council elections at the expense of both the centre-left (Labour-aligned tickets) and the left (RAM).

The other core messages of RAM were reducing rates on homeowners, shifting local taxation onto big business,[5] and removing goods and services tax from food.

[6] The organisation had a very strong policy of anti-racism and particularly of supporting Muslim migrants to integrate into New Zealand society.