Death Cafe Dunedin founder and host Shirley Welsh said the event gave people the opportunity to met to drink tea, eat cake and discuss death.
Since the first Death Cafe was held in the United Kingdom in 2011, there had been thousands of similar events held across the world.
Death Cafe offered space for an open, respectful, confidential, facilitated conversation where people can express their views safely, she said.
"Our hope is that, by increasing our awareness of our death, we will make the most of our lives."
Death Cafe was "neither grief support and counselling nor an information session".
"There is no agenda and the topics for discussion are determined by those who come along. There is no intention to lead anyone to a specific conclusion, product or course of action. There are no hierarchies. We meet simply as people who are all going to die. There is no charge other than for the food or drink you order,"Ms Welsh said.
The next Death Cafe is at the Equinox Restaurant and Bar on the Forbury Park Trotting Club premises between 3.30pm and 5.30pm on Sunday, August 30.
